Fitch Solutions company CreditSights says a rumoured merger between major diversified miners Rio Tinto and Glencore could result in a $126-billion company. However, the rumoured merger raises... 

Copper headed for an eighth day of gains, its longest winning streak since 2017, as fresh economic data from China brightened the demand outlook in the top metals-consuming nation. The industrial... 

Rio Tinto Group and Glencore have held early stage talks about combining their businesses to create a behemoth to rival longstanding industry titan BHP Group. The discussions took place as recently... 

Toronto-based Lundin Mining has capped off 2024 with record-breaking production of copper and zinc, meeting revised guidance and positioning itself for significant strategic growth. This comes on... 

Rio Tinto Group shares fell as much as 1.8% in Sydney after Bloomberg News earlier reported the world’s second-biggest miner held early-stage talks with Glencore Plc about a deal. The stock was... 

Driven by factors such as strong global gold exchange-traded fund inflows and over-the-counter (OTC) demand, gold’s record-breaking year of 2024 saw the gold price rising by more than 28% in US... 

Greenland-focused GreenRoc Strategic Materials has received a letter of interest from the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO) to provide funding for the company’s Amitsoq graphite project,... 

Athens-listed industrial and energy company Metlen Energy & Metals has confirmed that it will proceed with the implementation of a new large-scale investment in the production of bauxite, alumina... 

Precious metals miner SSR Mining said on Thursday that the February 2024 heap leach failure at its Çöpler gold mine in Türkiye was owing to a design flaw in the third-party engineered plan. An... 

The prospect of good forward momentum for a resumption of valuable mining at the re-emerging old Blyvooruitzicht (Blyvoor) gold mine has received another boost. This is because Aurous Resources,... 

Toronto- and New York-listed Platinum Group Metals Limited is in discussion with several South African smelter operators, including Impala Platinum (Implats), with a view to negotiating formal... 

Aim-listed gold miner Hummingbird Resources’ subsidiary in Mali has reached an agreement with that country’s government regarding operational parameters for the Yanfolila gold mine. Hummingbird and... 

Aim-listed Goldstone Resources is maintaining an ore stack rate of 48 000 t a at the Homase mine, in Ghana, as production ramps up. The company poured 416 oz of gold in December, with production... 

Savannah Resources is seeking Portuguese government approval for the compulsory purchase of land around its Barroso lithium mining project, in a test of Europe's commitment to boost its minerals... 

Prices of rare earth minerals are likely to stabilise in 2025 after a two-year downturn, as China slows mining output to protect domestic producers and growing demand from electric vehicles and... 

The Future Minerals Forum’s (FMF's) Ministerial Roundtable, posited to be the largest global gathering of Ministers responsible for minerals, is key to bringing internationally agreed tangible... 

Aluminum ticked higher, with the European Union considering import restrictions on Russian metal and Chinese production growth expected to slow. The metal climbed toward $2 600 a ton in London,... 

In a voluntary production update, Northam Platinum has reported burgeoning half-year performance from the ramping-up platinum group metals (PGMs) and chrome Eland mine. Eland’s chrome concentrate... 

While Africa-focused mining and exploration investment company Marula Mining continues to develop the Kinusi copper mine, in Tanzania, the company has completed its first sale of 1 000 t of copper... 

Norwegian mining company Akobo Minerals has announced a new mine development plan to accelerate production and commissioning of a processing plant at its Segele mine, in Ethiopia. The three-phase... 

Greenland’s prime minister said he will seek a closer relationship with the US, highlighting the Arctic island’s push for independence amid renewed interest from Donald Trump. “We have started a... 

In his two decades at Bank of America Corp as a mining banker, Omar Davis worked on several transactions with former Anglo American boss Mark Cutifani. They’ve now teamed up again to set up a... 

This year is poised to have various influences impacting on commodity markets, including Donald Trump’s re-election as US President, says private baking organisation Ninety One. In unpacking the... 

Market analyst BMI has maintained its zinc price forecast for this year at $2 650/t owing to weaker supply and demand dynamics; however, refined zinc production will likely trend higher this year... 

A well progressing Tharisa mine underground definitive feasibility study accompanied by early works capital deployment is reported by Johannesburg- and London-listed platinum group metals (PGMs)... 

TSX-V- and Aim-listed Thor Explorations, which owns and operates the Segolila mine, in Nigeria, has increased its gold production to 85 057 oz in the year ended December 31, compared with the 84... 

India aims to produce five-million tonnes of green hydrogen year by 2030 under the National Green Hydrogen Mission, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced. As a first step, two green hydrogen... 

NYSE-listed Caterpillar has marked 2025 as its 100-year anniversary. The globally recognised original equipment manufacturer (OEM) technically turns 100 on April 15, which is when, in 1925, Holt... 

Indonesia has set a quota of around 200-million metric tons for nickel ore mining this year, a senior mining ministry official said on Friday, adding this could be cut if miners failed to comply... 

TSX-V- and Aim-listed Thor Explorations has uncovered promising mineralisation near the Segilola gold mine, in Nigeria, as part of an ongoing diamond drilling programme. The programme is... 

US and Danish officials lobbied the developer of Greenland's largest rare earths deposit last year not to sell its project to Chinese-linked firms, its CEO told Reuters, adding it has been in... 

The mining industry needs to commit to an intensified pursuit of decarbonisation goals amid the rate of greening being too slow to meet science-based targets, consulting services firm dss+ points...